Meghan Markle STOLE SPOTLIGHT from Kate after she announced Prince Louis pregnancy

MEGHAN Markle “upstaged” Kate after she announced she was pregnant with Prince Louis, a royal author has claimed

Meghan made headlines around the world when she spoke about her royal romance with Prince Harry for the first time on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine. In the interview, Meghan called Harry her “boyfriend” and said they were “in love”. It came days after the Duchess of Cambridge revealed her third pregnancy in September 2017.

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Writing in Harry: Life, Loss, and Love, royal biographer Katie Nicholl said: “It was extraordinarily candid with Meghan referring to Harry as her ‘boyfriend.’

“She appeared on the cover of the October issue above the strap line, ’She’s just wild about Harry!’ which rather upstaged Kensington Palace’s announcement that William and Kate were expecting their third baby.

“‘We’re a couple,’ Meghan said posing barefoot. ‘We’re in love.’ The statement was as remarkable as it was definitive.”

The royal author added that Meghan would have cleared the interview with Harry, which came less than a year after he issued a strongly-worded statement against media abuse and harassment of his girlfriend.

Meghan "upstaged" Kate's third pregnancy announcement (Image: GETTY)

Meghan appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair's October 2017 issue (Image: VANITY FAIR)

Ms Nicholl said: “Until now Meghan had not talked to the press about her private life and she would certainly have had to get Harry’s blessing, and likely that of his courtiers, before talking so openly about their relationship.

“It was rather at odds with Harry’s controversial statement asking the media for privacy.

“Until now, the couple had done their best not to be photographed together, and neither had spoken about their year-long romance.”

Meghan starred in US legal drama Suits at the time of the interview, which prompted frenzied speculation that an engagement announcement was imminent.